Yoga General Health (The Yoga From India Series) (DVD)

A Great introduction to Yoga

Advantages: Useful for everyone regardless of age
Disadvantages: None

Yoga was Developed in India, it is a psycho-physical discipline with roots going back to more than 5,000 years...The word "Yoga" means union. Yoga has four paths according to the Shastras or the Knowledge books...JNANA (knowledge or wisdom), Bhakti ( Devotion) Karma ( Action) , and Raja ( Self control)... ABOUT THE DVD If one is interested and serious about taking up Yoga then this is the right DVD to get one started..The video demonstrates the basic postures or asanas clearly and gives tips on getting them right.... This DVD is perfect for Beginners and especially for those over 40, as many of the other 'ASANAS or Postures, mentioned in most other DVDs are meant for younger and fitter people...whereas the Aasanas shown here are easy to follow for anyone regardless of age... The instructions by the Yoga Master is very helpful..the ...

kiran8 08.12.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Yoga For Beginners (DVD)

Geri Yoga

Advantages: Good for health
Disadvantages: Possibility of injury

to beginners, but not advanced students. The DVD concentrates on the easier postures of yoga, and also introduces the sun salutation. A big problem with this DVD is that it is rather disjointed. The section “Geri’s postures” is a series of poses one after the other without much connection. It offers a workout, but without flowing from one posture to the next. Yoga is helpful to develop the body and mind. Geri’s yoga does offer a reasonable challenging workout using core strength, flexibility, and stamina. However, a lot of this comes from the sun salutation. I would recommend this DVD as a reference to learn the postures and perfect them. Katy Appleton is a very good instructor who explains the postures well. The advantage of learning yoga from DVD rather than a book is that Katy demonstrates the posture ...

mr85 20.01.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Geri Yoga (DVD)

Yoga is a way of life

Advantages: physical and mental improvement
Disadvantages: must be practiced every day

I practice Yoga for three years and here you will read what my impression is. Yoga is a way of life. Yoga is for people who want to improve their selves physically and mentally. If your goal is to lose weight and improve physical condition only and you don?t want to change anything related with your mind then you will find that Yoga is boring. There is a big difference between doing something with and without awareness. Yoga helps us to aware our actions, our body and our mind. One very easy example so that you understand the difference between the ordinary physical exercise and Yoga: -turn your right ankle ten times on the left as fast as you want .. this is ordinary physical exercise -close your eyes, feel your right ankle, take a deep breath, turn it tem times on the left very slowly, take a breath when it goes up ...

nadia71 23.10.2009 · Read full review
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